Tag Archives: Caitriona Reed

I had felt ambivalent about Earth Day since it first showed up in the early 1970’s. Isn’t every day Earth day? Would fish celebrate ‘Water Day’? Like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and Mother’s Day, it seemed to be too little too late. After all, isn’t mindfulness and awareness – in a Buddhist context or otherwise – best used ...

In Buddhist teaching impermanence (anicca) is one of the three universal characteristics, sometimes referred to as the Three Marks of Existence, along with no-self (anata) and suffering (dukkha). It is important to remember that the Buddha emphasized practical tools for change, and steered away from metaphysics and theoretical speculation. “I teach one thing.” he said, “suffering and freedom from suffering.” ...

Completed on June 15, 2009 Caitríona Reed is a Dharma Teacher, Group Facilitator, Poet, Hypnotist and Activist in the Transgender community. She has led retreats and workshops in Buddhism, Deep Ecology, and Social Responsibility in the U.S. and Europe since 1981. She has trained with Buddhist teachers in the Tibetan, Theravadin and Thien (Vietnamese Zen) traditions since 1971, and later ...

Caitríona Reed began her practice at Same Ling Monastery in Scotland in 1970, and went on to study with teachers in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. She has led retreats since 1981. She was a senior teacher in Thich Nhat Hahn’s Order of Interbeing, and received the Lamp transmission from him in 1992. Prior to meeting Thich Nhat Hanh she ...

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